#BB89D8#BB89D8

#BB89D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB89D8
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 216)
HSL	hsl(278, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 36.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 33.37, -33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 47.05, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0836 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.124 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8318, 33.4147, 69.1984)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB89D8 #A6D889

analogous

#9489D8 #BB89D8 #D889CD

triadic

#BB89D8 #D8BB89 #89D8BB

tetradic

#BB89D8 #D89489 #A6D889 #89CDD8

square

#BB89D8 #D89489 #A6D889 #89CDD8

split-complementary

#BB89D8 #CDD889 #89D894

monochromatic

#8339AD #A05BC9 #BB89D8 #D6B7E7 #F0E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB89D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BB89D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB89D8

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB89D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB89D8	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B894A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb89d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ace4',
    500: '#bb89d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb89d8;
$custom-light: #d0ace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb89d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.975,
    "s": 50.318,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70728,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB89D8

secondary

#DBEAD3

accent

#BE285F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB89D8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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